College football weekend review by the numbers

Reviewing some noteworthy performances from the weekend in college football:

0: FBS teams that will go winless this season after Florida Atlantic (1-10) edged Alabama-Birmingham 38-35 to end a 13-game losing streak. The Owls were 5-for-5 converting on fourth down after going 3-for-13 in the first 10 games.

3: Teams making FCS playoff debuts that won Saturday, Central Arkansas (34-14 vs. Tennessee Tech), Old Dominion (35-18 vs. Norfolk State) and Stony Brook (31-28 vs. Albany). ODU and Stony Brook were in the first postseason games in program history. Central Arkansas reached the Division II quarterfinals in 2005.

4: Consecutive seasons LSU has had at least one punt return for a touchdown. Tyrann Mathieu provided the Tigers' first of 2011 with a 92-yarder that helped them dig out of a 14-0 hole en route to a 41-17 win against Arkansas. Mathieu also had eight tackles and two forced fumbles.

6: Touchdown passes by Western Michigan QB Tyler van Tubbergen in his first college start, a 68-19 win against Akron. The redshirt sophomore was 19-for-21 for 252 yards in place of Alex Carder, who separated his right (throwing) shoulder in last week's game. Van Tubbergen also ran for 60 yards and a TD.

6: Touchdowns on its final six possessions for North Carolina State in a 56-41 win against Maryland. The Wolfpack (7-5) trailed 41-14 with 10:50 to go in the third quarter before pulling off the greatest comeback in school history and assuring themselves of bowl eligibility.

7: Interception returns for touchdowns this season by Louisiana-Lafayette, tying an FBS record set by Tennessee in 1971. The equalizer, a 41-yarder by Jemarlou Moten, came in a 45-38 loss at Arizona. The Ragin' Cajuns (8-4), however, already are in a bowl game -- the New Orleans Bowl -- for the first time as an FBS program.

9: Different coaches combined at Kentucky and Tennessee since UK won in the series, a span of 26 games in as many years, before the Wildcats pulled out a 10-7 win Saturday. The Vols' streak was the longest active against one team in FBS play. Kentucky's last win in the series came in 1984, 17-12 in Knoxville, under coach Jerry Claiborne.

10: Sacks by West Virginia in its 21-20 win against Pittsburgh, most by an FBS team this season. WVU's Julian Miller also tied the individual high with four sacks.

23: Consecutive losses in true road games by Colorado before a 17-14 win Friday at Utah. That streak was the longest active in FBS. The Buffs had not won a game outside the state of Colorado since Oct. 27, 2007, 31-26 at Texas Tech.

25: Years between Division III quarterfinals appearances for Salisbury (Md.). The Sea Gulls (11-1) blew a two-touchdown second-half lead but held on to beat Kean (N.J.) 49-47 in triple overtime. Their reward is a trip to two-time defending champion Wisconsin-Whitewater.

39: Years since Louisville won a regular-season game in Florida before beating South Florida in Tampa 34-24. The streak spanned 16 games dating to a 17-14 win against Tampa, which no longer has a football team.

111: Catches this season by Southern California's Robert Woods, a school and conference record. He had 12 for 113 yards and two TDs in a 50-0 win against UCLA. Woods topped the record of 102 set by USC's Keyshawn Johnson in 1995.

350: Points by Houston in its last 6 games, more than 73 teams in FBS have all season. The Cougars actually saw their scoring average drop to 52.7 after a 48-16 win at Tulsa.

532: Career total tackles by Boston College LB Luke Kuechly, second in FBS history (since NCAA began keeping tackle stats in 2000) behind the 545 of Northwestern's Tim McGarigle (2002-05). Kuechly had nine tackles — ending a string of 33 games in double digits — in a 24-17 win at Miami (Fla.) as well as a 45-yard interception return for a fourth-quarter TD.

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